radar714 wrote:the anthro major in my was dying during that passage...

although I always find passages on subjects that I have studied to be incredibly distracting and more difficult

I tend to like passages I have prior knowledge over, it helps me put the argument into context and reduces the chance of me misunderstanding something. Usually if I see a Greek/Roman passage I do pretty well over it.

radar714 wrote:the anthro major in my was dying during that passage...

although I always find passages on subjects that I have studied to be incredibly distracting and more difficult

I tend to like passages I have prior knowledge over, it helps me put the argument into context and reduces the chance of me misunderstanding something. Usually if I see a Greek/Roman passage I do pretty well over it.

Totally agree. Political Philosophy is a hobby of mine, and when I came to passage on anarchism and civil disobedience the other day with 4 minutes to go, I finished the passage and questions with a minute to spare. Here's to a passage comparing ancient and modern political philosophy come December.

radar714 wrote:the anthro major in my was dying during that passage...

although I always find passages on subjects that I have studied to be incredibly distracting and more difficult

I tend to like passages I have prior knowledge over, it helps me put the argument into context and reduces the chance of me misunderstanding something. Usually if I see a Greek/Roman passage I do pretty well over it.

Totally agree. Political Philosophy is a hobby of mine, and when I came to passage on anarchism and civil disobedience the other day with 4 minutes to go, I finished the passage and questions with a minute to spare. Here's to a passage comparing ancient and modern political philosophy come December.

I'm a biology major and I tend to find the science passages super easy. Definitely, having an anthro/science/philosophy major helps heaps on at least one of the RC (because the material is so familiar).

I think provided one is careful not to bring one's own views into the passage, it should be helpful, not hurtful. It just makes digesting the material much easier. Either way, groupthink was a very difficult passage IMO.